Home Community Care

Registered Nurses Muskowekwan First Nation (RNMFN)

Maureen Eserance-Kinequon
Email: mesperance-kinequan@onehealth.ca
Phone: 1 (306) 232-7072

Carlos Anacio

Saskatchewan First Nations
​Home and Community Care

Developed by Federation Saskatchewan Indian Nations Home Care Working Group Funding for this publication was provided by Health Canada.

What is Home Care?

• Helping people help themselves
• Services for people of any age; mainly in their home
• Help people to be able to stay in their own home and be with their loved ones as long as possible
• Work with other service providers to get the needed care

Who can get Home Care?

• Have just come home from Hospital
• Waiting for care in a Long Term Care Home
• Have an illness or disease that needs follow-up
• Need nursing care in the home
• Choose to live at home instead of a long term care home as long as it is safe
• Family and friends who need help to continue to care for person at home
  
  

How Can You Get Help?

• Contact one of the local Registered Nurse  / H&CC (Home Community Care)
  
  

Nurses:

• Nurses Assessment - a Registered Nurse reviews health history and helps to make a plan for care needed
• Nursing care in the home and community
• Teaching client and family to help with self care
• Monitor pills
• Supervise personal care
• Order equipment and supplies
• Speak on your behalf and referrals
  
  

Home Health Aides:

• Personal care
• Home management
• Respite services-helping caregiver to care for someone else

Supportive Services:

• Available in some areas
• Ask what other home care services are in your community

Examples:

• Teaching how to do own care such as needles, wound care, pills  Help with bathing, foot care, dressing
• Light housekeeping, laundry, meal making
• Care while family is away
  
  

What Home Care is Not:

• Replacing care provided by family
• Maid Service
• Taxi
• 24 hour care